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STEREOTYIE MATRIX MACHINE. APPLlcATloN man APR. .12. |912.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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STEREOTYPE MATRIX MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I2, I9I2. I

Patented June 27, 1916.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

ZEB E. AIKEN AND I FRANK L. RAINIER, OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

STEREOTYPE-MATRIX MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1912. Serial No. 690,386.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ZEE E. AIKEN and FRANK L. RAINIER, citizens of the United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stereotype-Matrix Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a machine particularly designed for making matrices for constructing stereotypes in the art of printing, said machine embodying a plurality of rollers upon which the several sheets are mounted, means for supplying an adhesive to the sheets as they are unwound from the rollers and pass into proper position in the formation of the matrix body, means for compressing the several sheets to insure the adhesion thereof and the formation of a matrix body of uniform thickness throughout, and means for cutting the matrix body into suitable lengths according to the size of the matrices to be formed.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a side view of a matrix making machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 1s a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line mof Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like arts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The machine embodies a suitable frame 17 upon which the operating' parts are mounted. A plurality of rollers l are mounted upon the upper portion of the' frame in parallel relation and are adapted to have the sheet material used in the forination of the matrix wound thereon. Tension devices 2 are applied to the journals of the rollers and as snown consist of straps which pass over the journals of the rollers and are secured to the frame by means of screws or bolts, which may be tightened to obtain the desired friction or resistance to the rotation of the rollers. The sheet material wrapped upon the forward rollers and indicated at 31 consists of tissue paper'and the sheet material Wrapped upon the rear 'rollers' and indicated at 30 consists of suitable textile, such as flannel, in order to provide a matrix body having-toughness to withstand handling and yieldability to admit of the tissue becoming embedded therein when receiving the impression of the type.

The backing for the matrix body is indicated at 29 and may consist of card-board or to compress and to feed the material forward. The rollers 23 and 23 are mounted in bearings 7, which are adjustable, set.

screws 8 being used as means for adjusting the said bearing 7 whereby the rollers may be alined and the distance between them regulated to suit the material and to obtain the required compressive force. The rollers 23 and 23a are arranged in pairs, a pair of rollers being had for each sheet 30 and 31.

A pasting mechanism is locatedv between a each two pairs of compressing rollers, one being had for each sheet to supply the same with a suitable adhesive material whereby the sheets are united when pressed together. Each pasting mechanism comprises a box l which consists of a suitable receptacle for containing aquantity of paste, glue or like adhesive material. A roller 22 is arranged to operate in conjunction with each box 4 for distributing or feeding the paste therefrom. A set screw 28 enables relative adjustment being had between the paste box and the roller 22. A roller 22a lin contact with the roller 22 receives the paste therefrom and supplies it to a roller 22", which applies the paste to the surface of the sheet. The roller 22b is arranged above one of the rollers 23 and acts jointly therewith to subject the sheet to compressive force so as to insure an equal distribution of the paste and a positive feed of the material.

A guide roller 18 is located in a lower plane than the plurality of rollers 23 and 23 and thecompleted matrix body passes under the same. A pair of rollers 19 are located in advance of the guide roller 18, the upper roller 19 having annular grooves 19a in which fingers 24 project to strip the matrix body from the roller should the same tend 2 tisanes to adhere thereto. The'stripping fingers 24: are carried by a shaft 20. One of the rollers 19 has a cutter 26 and the other is provided with a strip 25 in position to register with t the cutter 26 and prevent injury thereto, the strip 25 being'of wood or kindred material 'w ich possesses a yielding quality so as to prevent injury to the cutter. A conveyer 16 `is located in advance of the pair of rollers 19 and comprises rollers -21 and 21a around which pass a plurality of tapes or belts 16. A second conveyer` is arranged in advance of the conveyer 16 and comprises the roller 21 and a roller 21", tapes or belts 16a passing around the rollers 21 and 2lb. The upf' per portions of the endless tapes or belts 16 and 16a travel forwardly, thereby moving the pieces of the matrix body when cut from the strip outwardly from the machine. A

20 guide 14 is located opposite the conveyer 16* and consists of two strips arranged to en gage the edge portions of the matrix body and hold the same upon the conveyer. Roll ers 15 are located above the rollers 21 and 21b and act jointly therewith.

" The rollers 22, 22a and 22b are connected at one end by means of spur gears 5 which 'are secured to the journals thereof. The spur gear secured to the journal of each of the rollers 22D is in mesh with a worm 6 secured to a power driven shaft 1() located at one side of the machine and mounted in bearings 11. Motion is imparted to the shaft 10 from a suitable source of power.

A bevel gear 9 secured to the front end of the shaft 10 meshes with a corresponding bevel gear secured to the upper end of a vertical shaft 9a, said shaft having a like bevel gear 9 at its lower end in mesh with a corre- 40 sponding bevel gear secured to the journal of the upper roller 19. A sprocket gear 12 secured to the journal of the lower roller 19 has a sprocket chain 13 passing therearound to transmit motion to the roller 21 by means of a sprocket wheel 12t secured to a ournal'thereof.

The base 29 forming the backing of the matrix is supplied to the machine and receives a coat of paste upon itsupper side from the first pasting mechanism, after which the first sheet 30 of textile is placed in position 'and compressed between the first pair of rollers 23 and 23a. This sheet receives a coat of paste upon its upper side,

after which the second sheet 30 is placed in position upon the lirst sheet 30 and is pasted thereto, the two sheets passing between the second pair of compressing rollers 23a and `23. A coat of paste is applied to the upper side of the second sheet 30, after which the first sheet of tissue 31 is placed in position and pasted, said sheet in turn receiving a coat vof paste, after which the second tissue sheet is placed in position and pasted and subsequently receives a coat of paste preliminary to receiving the third and last tissue sheet 31. rlhe completed board after leaving the last pair of compressing rollers 23a and 23 passes under the guide roller 18 and between the air of rollers 19, which compress, advance and cut the strip of completed matrix formin material into lengths of determinate size, t e ieces falling upon the conveyer 16 and a vanced thereby to the conveyer lon by means lof which the material is delivered from the machine. The rollers 22h alternate with the rollers 23a and are positively driven by the worm gear connections 5 and 6 with the counter shaft 10. These rollers 221 and the rollers 23 coperat- 80 ing therewith act as feed rollers to advance the material. The rollers 23a serve as guides to give proper direction to the material 30-31 and furthermore coperate with the rollers 23 to compress the material passing 85 between them.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which l now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, l desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is:-

In a device of the kind described, in combination a frame, a plurality of bed rollers arranged in a straight line upon the frame,

substantially triangular paste boxes each of said boxes being formed with an opening at the bottom of its hypotenuse, and a roller projecting into said opening so as to dip into the contents thereof, a series of lpaste-distributing rollers each engaging a paste roller and one of said bed rollers, and means whereby to cause Said rollers to operate inunison.

ln testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ZEB E. AIKEN. FRANK L. RAINIER.

Witnesses:

JAS. L. WILLIAMS, A. F.1Ronn'rsoN. 

